Decision Auditor

What it does

The decision-auditor skill analyzes a decision-making process and provides insights into its rationale, potential biases, and alternative approaches. It can identify missing information or logical fallacies that may have influenced the outcome. The tool aims to improve the quality of decisions by providing retrospective evaluation and suggesting improvements.

When to use it

• Post-mortem analysis: Review a past decision to understand why it was made and if there were any overlooked factors.
• Risk assessment: Evaluate potential risks associated with a proposed course of action by identifying weaknesses in the reasoning.
• Training & education: Use as a learning tool to demonstrate effective decision-making processes and common pitfalls.
• Bias detection: Identify potential biases that may have influenced a decision, such as confirmation bias or anchoring bias.

Key capabilities

• Rationale analysis
• Bias identification
• Missing information detection
• Logical fallacy detection
• Alternative approach suggestion

Example prompts

• "Analyze the following decision: [paste decision description here] and identify any potential biases."
• "Review this reasoning process: [paste reasoning here]. Did it consider all relevant factors?"
• “What are some alternative approaches that could have been considered when deciding to [action taken]?”

Tips & gotchas

The quality of the audit depends heavily on the clarity and completeness of the information provided about the original decision-making process. Providing detailed context will yield more accurate and useful results.